Educational Science

Next Generation: 5 Ways Science Classes Will Change

The millions of K-12 students who have returned to school this fall may find dramatic changes waiting in their science classrooms. In this and coming school years, new national standards are set to transform science education in the United States. Released this April, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) draw...

Is College Worth the Money?

Right around this time every year, new graduates leave their ivory towers for the real world. Most graduates have dreams of making their mark, but also hear horror stories of unemployed millennials moving in with Mom or using their master's degree as a barista in a coffee shop. In today's...

A single sentence, uttered in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, has catapulted an issue into the national spotlight. When asked if she could read a letter in court, witness Rachel Jeantel, her head bowed, murmured with embarrassment, I don't read cursive, ABC News...

Summer Camp Trades Campfires for Cybersecurity (Op-Ed)

Nasir Memon is department head and professor in the computer science and engineering department at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In his 2013 State of the Union Address, President Barak Obama stressed the United States' tremendous...

Smart Glasses Help Shy Students Speak Up

New, intelligent glasses may soon allow professors to gauge the effectiveness of their teaching based on symbols floating above their students' heads. Computer scientists at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid have developed augmented reality glasses that students can interact with remotely using their cellphones. Students send messages to the glasses,...

Does Twitter Deserve a Place in the Classroom? (Op-Ed)

Jin Kim Montclare is a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. She contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Society is squarely in the midst of a technological revolution. The answers to almost every question are available on the...

Catholic Education No Better Than Public Schooling, Study Suggests

Catholic schools don't provide a better education than public schools, at least when it comes to basics like math and reading, new research suggests. Children at Catholic schools don't improve their math or reading scores on standardized tests across elementary school and don't show better behavioral outcomes than public school...

Cedric Stallworth: Choose What Will Have the Biggest Impact

This ScienceLives article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Becoming a computer scientist isn' t part of most people' s retirement plans, but that' s exactly what Cedric Stallworth did after retiring from professional football. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the Georgia...

School Vending Machines Detrimental to Kids' Diets

School lunch programs often get a bad rap for not providing kids with the proper nutrition, but vending machines on campuses are making matters worse, a new study suggests. The results show school children who consume foods purchased in vending machines take in more calories and fewer essential vitamins and...